Taxi Drivers / Electrical Products / RIPOFF | Hong Kong | Aug 8, 2007 12:36
We went to Hong on the 20th of July. After a long flight there from the UK we were exhausted.

We did not arrange for anyone to collect us at the airport so relied on a taxi to take us to our hotel.

At the airport having gone through customs we was approached by a man who asked if u needed a taxi. We took him up on the offer and later released that we were taken for a ride. He took us to the Taxi which was unmarked and drove us to our hotel. He charged us HK$600 for the journey and we later found the that journey should have cost us only 220HK$ what a ripoff. Anyone thinking of going to Hong Kong should use the Red Taxis. note if u ask for a receipt they will charge you more.

Also another point to be aware many shops display products without prices BE AWARE many shops will charge 2 to 3 times as much. I purchased some Nun Chucks for a Nintendo and found I have paid 4 times the price in the UK.

When I had tried to take the Nun Chucks back to the shop they refused to refund me...

In addition to the above I had purchased some MP4 Players and USB Flash disk which turned out to be faulty.

I dont think I will Visit Hong Kong Again.